Tennessee · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Tennessee

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Tennessee, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Tennessee had about 3,255,500 people on their payrolls across roughly 217,491 establishments, with average annual pay of $70,380.

Total employment in Tennessee grew 11.6% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Tennessee are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

3,255,500Employment, 2025
217,491Establishments
$70,380Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Tennessee	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	7,986	0.3%	0.31	est. · 1.00
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	3,753	0.1%	0.31	pub.
23	Construction	169,675	5.2%	0.96	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	354,329	10.9%	1.34	pub.
22	Utilities	22,106	0.7%	1.21	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	131,866	4.0%	1.04	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	343,990	10.6%	1.06	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	218,666	6.7%	1.38	pub.
51	Information	54,205	1.7%	0.87	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	128,365	3.9%	0.97	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	46,405	1.4%	0.91	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	179,424	5.5%	0.79	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	53,874	1.7%	0.99	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	212,274	6.5%	1.11	pub.
61	Educational Services	244,271	7.5%	0.88	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	465,821	14.3%	0.89	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	51,983	1.6%	0.82	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	317,283	9.8%	1.07	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	84,731	2.6%	0.86	pub.
92	Public Administration	156,931	4.8%	0.95	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	3,255,458	217,491	$70,381	0.5%	pub.
2024	3,270,771	227,134	$67,431	1.2%	pub.
2023	3,232,182	219,965	$64,718	2.4%	pub.
2022	3,157,887	202,240	$62,103	4.7%	pub.
2021	3,016,458	185,336	$59,147	3.4%	pub.
2020	2,916,181	172,474	$55,137	3.9%	pub.
2019	3,032,892	166,368	$51,702	1.9%	pub.
2018	2,976,889	161,696	$50,450	1.6%	pub.
2017	2,930,932	156,905	$48,820	1.5%	pub.
2016	2,887,754	153,156	$47,403	2.4%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Tennessee	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	217,433	6.7%	0.95
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	182,852	5.6%	0.84
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	79,438	2.4%	0.73
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	43,893	1.4%	0.81
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	21,776	0.7%	0.71
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	47,081	1.5%	0.85
23-0000	Legal occupations	18,265	0.6%	0.67
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	155,658	4.8%	0.82
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	38,385	1.2%	0.89
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	215,541	6.6%	1.05
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	106,751	3.3%	0.65
33-0000	Protective service occupations	76,784	2.4%	0.98
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	298,293	9.2%	1.04
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	85,332	2.6%	0.89
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	57,943	1.8%	0.86
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	272,734	8.4%	0.98
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	434,918	13.4%	1.13
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	4,297	0.1%	0.47
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	126,941	3.9%	0.94
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	143,646	4.4%	1.13
51-0000	Production occupations	260,045	8.0%	1.44
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	367,453	11.3%	1.28

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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